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If you’re still not convinced of the primitive existence aboard Sampaguita, here’s another video to swallow. When I arrived in Mexico, I decided I was uncomfortable with the water level in the sink. Sampaguita was so loaded up (read as overloaded) that the waterline was into the sink. Add any heel to port and it just increased. I was concerned about corrosion of the sink, and more importantly, corrosion of the thru-hull…. Read More
Here is another installment of A Flicka Sails Herself. This one shows the wind vane at work in the light air and the improvised bimini and weather cloths. And then nothing but the Big Blue. I saw a few cargo ships in the first days of the passage in the NE trades. Then it was weeks of seeing no other boats. Not even on the AIS. (When I was looking.) It wasn’t… Read More
I put most all the money I had in the stock market before I started this voyage on Sampaguita. There is definitely some risk in that, but duh, I also signed up to sail a 20-foot boat across the ocean alone. You might say I’ve said, “frack it.” I diversified as much as I could. I’m not old enough to retire, but sailing and writing is the only thing that really interests… Read More
Sampaguita. Sam′pə gē′tə. What a beautiful name that no one can understand on the radio, at least here in the States. It’s not any better on the telephone, or in person, for that matter. All of the Harbor Patrols encountered so far are at a loss with it. It is also noted they have all been white. I mention this because Spanish speakers do not have any trouble with it. Nor Filipinos…. Read More
Sampaguita en route from Port Townsend, WA to San Francisco, CA sailing wing and wing, (though I prefer orejas de burro) on a beautiful day. The Windpilot does the steering, the sails provide the power, the pole keeps the jib full, while Sampaguita does the floating and the rolling. I guess that just makes me a supervisor.
Hot Springs Cove was my farthest point north and my turn around goal. It was pretty sweet. I stayed there 2 days and made 2 trips to the springs. It is a 2 KM hike each way along a boardwalk to get there and it is best to go there very early in the morning or in the evening as the tour boats and float planes parade in hordes of people from Tofino… Read More
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Sailing With Josh 